Terms of Use Agreement

Terms of Use Agreement

Welcome to www.WardTaylor.com, operated by Ward & Taylor, LLC and Best Abstract, LLC (“Ward & Taylor”). By using this website and/or any related mobile website or mobile application (collectively, the “Website”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use (this “Terms of Use”). By accessing this Website, you accept these terms and conditions and notices contained or referenced herein. If you object to any of the Terms of Use contained herein, or the Ward & Taylor Privacy Policy, do not use the website.

1. Modification. The Terms of Use are subject to change at any time, effective upon posting on the relevant website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised terms of any section of the Agreement will constitute your express and binding acceptance of and consent to the revised Agreement.

Ward & Taylor reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue this website without notice. You agree that Ward & Taylor shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the website.

2. Access and Retention. In order to access these electronic Terms of Use, you must have access to the Internet, and pay any service fees associated with such access. Please print or save a copy of this document for your records.

3. Content. Ward & Taylor retains all proprietary rights in the Website. The Website contains the copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information of Ward & Taylor and its licensors. Except where we have given you express written permission, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any such proprietary information.

Ward & Taylor may provide links to third party websites, and some of the content appearing on www.WardTaylor.com may be supplied by third parties. Ward & Taylor has no responsibility for these third-party websites nor for their content, which is subject to and governed by the Terms of Service and/or privacy policies, if any, of the applicable third-party content providers.

4. Use of the Website

a. If you are accessing the Websites on behalf of a company or organization, you represent and warrant that: you are an authorized representative of that company or organization, and that you have the authority to bind it to these Terms of Service.b. You must not copy or capture, or attempt to copy or capture, any content from the Websites (the “Content”), unless given express permission by Ward & Taylor.

c. You must not use any Content in any way that is designed to create a separate content service or that replicates any part of the Website’s offering.

d. You must not alter or remove, or attempt to alter or remove, any trademark, copyright or other proprietary or legal notices contained in or appearing on the Website.

e. You must not permit any third party to, copy or adapt the object code of the Website, or reverse engineer, decompile, modify or attempt to discover any source or object code of any part of the Website.

f. You must not commit or engage in, or encourage, induce, solicit or promote, any conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law or regulation.

g. You must not rent, sell or lease access to the Websites, or any Content on the Website.

You acknowledge and agree that Ward & Taylor has the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your use or take such other action as we see fit if you breach any of the above conditions or any of these Terms of Use. This may include taking court action, reporting offending users to the relevant authorities and/or blocking access for offending users.

5. Limitation of Liability. In no event shall Ward & Taylor be liable for any damages whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, general, special, compensatory, consequential, and/or incidental, arising out of or relating to the Website, or use thereof.

The content and functionality on the Website is offered "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. Ward & Taylor makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the ownership, accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the Website’s content or that the functionality of the Websites will be uninterrupted or error-free or free from virus or third-party attack. You hereby acknowledge that your use of the Websites and the Service is at your sole risk.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WARD & TAYLOR, ITS OFFICERS, OWNERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESULT FROM USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY.

6. Privacy. Use of the Website also governed by our Privacy Policy, located at Privacy Policy

7. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution. If there is any dispute arising out of the Website, by using the Website, you expressly agree that any such dispute shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. Except where prohibited by law, as a condition of using the Website, you agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with the Website shall be resolved individually and exclusively by binding arbitration for full and final settlement of such claim.

8. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between you and Ward & Taylor regarding the use of the Websites and/or the Service.

9. Severability; Waiver. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. In addition, Ward & Taylor’s failure to enforce any term of this Agreement shall not be deemed as a waiver of such term or otherwise affect our ability to enforce such term at any point in the future.

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Ward & Taylor, LLC and Best Abstract, LLC recognize that you have entrusted us with your confidential personal information. We value that trust and maintaining it is a priority to us. In our efforts to protect your privacy and to comply with requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”), we are providing you with this notice of our privacy policies and practices.

We may collect Nonpublic Personal Information (“NPI”) about you in order to provide you with the real estate settlement services you have requested. NPI is defined as any information that is not generally made lawfully available to the public or information an individual has the ability to limit access to or not share with the public. Examples of NPI include but are not limited to social security numbers, bank account numbers, or loan information.

NPI that we may collect includes information we received from:

• You, such as on applications or other forms whether provided in writing, in person, by telephone or other means
• Our files, or from our affiliates or others
• A consumer reporting agency
• Others involved in your transaction, such as the real estate agent, broker, or lender.

Unless it is specifically stated otherwise in an amended Privacy Policy Notice, no additional NPI will be collected about you.

We may disclose any of the above information that we collect about our customers or former customers to our affiliates or to nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law and required to complete a real estate transaction. Such information may be lawfully disclosed under the following circumstances:

• To process the transaction which you have requested or authorized, including but not limited to sharing with real estate agents, short sale negotiators, financial service providers, insurance companies, banking institutions, credit unions, debt collectors, title insurers, home warranty companies, attorneys, and escrow agents.
• To comply with federal, state, or local laws.

WE DO NOT DISCLOSE ANY NONPUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU WITH ANYONE FOR ANY PURPOSE THAT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED BY LAW OR REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.

We do not share your information by any means that would entitle you to limit by law or “opt out”.

We restrict access to NPI about you to those employees who need to know that information in order to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your NPI.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer

The materials on this web site are provided for informational purposes only, are not guaranteed to be accurate or up to date and do not constitute nor should be relied upon as legal advice, Furthermore, the materials do not necessarily represent the opinions of our firm, our attorneys or our clients. There may be materials on this website that contain links to other resources on the internet. Those links contain content provided by third- parties and are not intended to state or imply that we affirm the content, or that we sponsor or are affiliated with the sources.

This website does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and our firm and you should not rely or act on any information on this site without speaking directly to an attorney. If you communicate with us through this website your communication shall not be treated as privileged or confidential.